Faucet.



A H. SPELLMEYER.

FAUCET.

APPLICATJON FILED NOV. 17. 1915.

Patemedse t. 4,1917.

ALBERT H. srnnniunrnn, or s'r. Loni-s; ivirssonar.

FAUGET.

Specification of Letters Patent. r atentedeiept. 1, 13117;

Application filed November 17, 1916. Serial No. 131,975.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, ALBERT H. SPELL- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in faucets and the primary object thereof is to construct a faucet which will prevent dripping.

My improvements consist in the construc tion and arrangement of parts as fully, clearly and concisely set forth in my specification pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a faucet em-. bodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the faucet taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the faucet and Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line H of Fig. 2, and in the direction of the arrows.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates the shell or body of the valve which has formed therethrough a bore 6, tapering from. end to end. Formed integral with the shell 5 is an elbow-shaped lateral 6 which at its free end is internally threaded for connection with a source of liquid supply. Formed through the wall of the shell 5 at its approximate longitudinal center are the ports 7 and 8, which are relatively alined at a right angle to the axis of the bore 6, the port 8 continuing through the elbow-shaped lateral 6 As clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 1 the shell surrounding the port 7 is provided with a depression 9, extending into the shell a depth greater than the extremity of the port 7; the wall of the port at its extremity being reduced at its outer periphery to form a feather-edge 10.

The numeral 11 designates a cone-plug arranged to fit within the bore 6 of the shell and having formed therethrough a port 12 arranged to register at times with the ports 7 and 8. At one end of the plug there is formed a handle or draft arm 13 and at the other end the plug is reduced at 14:, through which reduced end there is formed a threaded seat 15. The reduced portion 1d provides a seat for a washer 16 and the seat 15 is arranged to receive a set screw 17 which conjointly serves to hold the plug 11 in its properly adjusted position within the bore of the shell.

In order to limit the movement in a rotary direction of the plug, the end of the shell is provided with the shoulders 18 and 19 and the plug is provided with a pin 20, arranged to co-act with the said shoulders to serve as guides for the relation of the port 12 of the plug with the ports 7 and 8 of the shell.

In the provision of the depression 9, the capacity of the port 7 is reduced to the end that when the plug closes the port 7, there will be a minimum of liquid in the said port immediately following the closing thereof and in the provision of the feather-edge 10 of the said port there is a minimum of surface to which the'liquid may adhere.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the U. S. therefor is 1. A faucet comprising a shell provided with an inlet and an outlet port, the wall of the shell. surrounding the outlet port being provided with a circular depression and a sharp edge whereby dripping of the faucet is prevented, said shell being further provided with a tapering bore intersecting the outlet port and adjacent the mouth thereof, a tapering plug located in said bore, a handle for rotating said plug and means for limiting the rotary movement of said plug.

2. A faucet comprising a shell provided with an inlet port and an outlet port, said outlet port being surrounded with a wall provided with a curved circular depression and a downwardly projecting sharpened edge, said shell being further provided with a tapering bore adjacent the mouth of the discharge outlet, a tapering cut-off plug located in said bore, means carried by the plug and shell for limiting the rotary movement of the former and a handle for operating said plug.

3. A faucet comprising a shell provided with an inlet and outlet port, said outlet name to this specification, in presence of two port being provided with a dischmrging subscribing Witnesses. v

mouth having a sharpened e ge, an a ta I I pering cut-off plug mounted in the shell and ALBERT SPELLMEYER' 5 located adjacent the discharging mouth of Witnesses:

the outlet port. R. G. ORWIG,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my MINNIE E. KLEE.

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